Filtration method for separating viruses

US6479273B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Medi&Gene Inc. · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Bogedain · Munich, DE
• Gerhard Maass · Sindelsdorf, DE
• Markus Horer · Martinsried, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 1999
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2002
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2750/14151
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for separating viruses of different sizes, with the virus-containing solution preferably being filtered through one or more filter membranes.